Do The PawSox Have Their Third Baseman?

It looks like the PawSox may have found their third baseman for 2010.

After Jorge Jimenez was selected by the Astros from the Red Sox organization in the Rule 5 Draft (and subsequently traded to Florida), there was no obvious candidate to be the opening day third baseman in Pawtucket.

According to Baseball America, the Red Sox have signed the 24-year-old infielder to a minor league contract.

Spears was the primary third baseball for the Triple-A Iowa Cubs last year, and batted .253 with 2 HR and 37 RBI.His career batting average in seven professional seasons is .276.

Of course, plenty can happen between now and April, but Spears would certainly appear to be in the mix to start at the hot corner for the PawSox.

Baseball America also reports that Boston has signed RHP Stephen Fox out of the Independent Can-Am League.

The 24-year-old pitcher attended Hofstra but didn’t play college baseball.Fox doesn’t have enough experience to start the year with Pawtucket, but he is an intriguing addition to the organization based on this description on BaseballAmerica.com:

As you would expect for a pitcher with no college experience and little coaching, Fox was not a refined product when he arrived in Sussex.A month into the season he had a 9.72 ERA.But Skyhawks pitching coach Brooks Carey worked at getting Fox to stop opening up so early in his delivery (which caused him to leave the ball up) and to stop falling off to first base on his follow-through.Once he got his delivery closed up and started striding towards home plate, Fox didn’t allow an earned run in his final nine innings of work (while striking out nine) and he had a 1.90 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 24 innings over the final two months of the season.

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I began writing this blog when I was a broadcaster for the Pawtucket Red Sox before leaving the team at the end of the 2011 season to become the radio voice of the Cincinnati Bengals. I am also the radio play-by-play announcer for University of Cincinnati football and basketball. Thanks to all of you who began reading this blog for content about Red Sox prospects. I will always cherish my time with the PawSox.
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